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Spin Or Optimism In Columbus?

04/19/2015 at 10:06am EDT

from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,

To watch the video of last week’s “exit” news conference featuring Blue Jackets president of hockey operations John Davidson and his general manager, Jarmo Kekalainen, is to figure the Jackets are on the cusp of a dynasty.

JD: “When the dust settles and you clear your head and think about it, we’ve got a good thing going on here.”

As the old saying goes, if you have to say you’re good, you’re probably not any good, or you’re trying to sell tickets. In any case, we’ve enlisted the devil’s advocate to assess the talking points.

JD: “I think going into next season, this team will have more internal competition (for roster spots) than it has ever had, in its history.”

DA (devil's advocate): One would hope. This team has missed the playoffs 12 times in 14 seasons.

JD: “I think we’ll be better next year than we were planning to be this year.”

DA: You were a lottery team.

JD: “When you look at it from the inside, the Blue Jackets were in the playoffs last year and they weren’t in it this year. A step back? For some people, that’s an obvious thought. But when you really analyze it like we do … ”

DA: Some people?

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